This tutorial for programming these starts with programming the Ravens and Jackdaw with a Windows box. Can I do those initial steps with avrdude on a Linux or OS X machine instead? If so, how? Is there any risk of bricking the hardware if I just try?
I have a USB JTAG ICE MKii clone, which is supposed to work for this.
I’m totally new to AVR, but very experienced with C/C++ programming on Linux or OS X, up to and including kernel programming… so any hint at all would be appreciated, I can read man pages, but only if I know what I’m looking for.
You can always try. Maybe try virtualbox so you can run windows in linux or mac.